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AMERICANA

allen

1 min read

WE ARE COWBOYS

THEY DUMB US DOWN TO BULLRIDERS AND VIOLENCE

STUBBORNLY OLD-FASHIONED, FOCUSED ON A SELF-IMPOSED SURVIVAL.

I DON'T WANT TO RUN OUT OF REASON AND BE THE BURDEN OF PEOPLE'S MISCONCEPTIONS

SYNONYMOUS WITH THIS ROMANTICIZED, RUGGED

MASCULINE IDEAL OF TEXAS

TO DRAW AN AMERICANA CROWD

AND UNFLATTERING PORTRAYALS

FADED INTO TOURIST TRAP PRIDE.

TO BE MISUNDERSTOOD IS THE SAME AS DYING...

Poetry

Western

my book start!

blank.page

1 min read

Who came up with the word forever? Why would someone male a word that fill people with a sense of false hope that always ends in tears and pain. Nothing lasts forever. Friends, happiness, love, and i could go on and on talking my head off about the pain that word gives me, but whats the use? Everyone knows that already. But i never did. I mean, of course I knew that nothing literally lasts forever...

Romance

Western

Hate Is The Only Thing They Know.

💕~ Bea ~💕

1 min read

This town isn’t what you think it is. Once it’s night, the town is like a nightmare. Everyone fought and fire was spreading fast like the wind. I grumbled and thought to myself, “Why are the people so…petty?” “This town is just full of hate and greed.” Believe me, banks were robbed and precious goods were stolen from each home. No one had a heart…at all. Distracted from thought, becoming aware, I ...

Action

Western

🅽🅴🆅🅴🆁 🅴🆅🅴🆁.

ʝυℓιє

1 min read

Never did you take me on a dance,

No, we did not waltz or prance.

Never did we walk under the stars,

Neither did we go to mars.

Neither did I recognise you.

No, not until you were out of view....

Poetry

Western

Finding Home

Alexander Kibble

2 min read

I ran in the desert

Sweating and panthing

Feeling the sweat drip on me

The sun beating me down

I’m just some guy who ran away

From my crazed and abusive family

They’re trying to chase me down

Riding on their horses

Getting other people with them

Riding on their own horses

Trying to find me

Trying to take me back and tear me down

But I’m too far away

I’m too far gone for them to get up me

Whic...

Poetry

Western

Beauty Has No Limits

Mochaswirl

1 min read

We already live in a dystopian world where everyone is obsessed with anti-aging. I’ve seen a video of the procedure they do in Asia where they completely tighten and pull back any loose skin on the face. Completely erasing what naturally happens as you age. It does work and they do look significantly look younger.

Before people where using face tape to just pull the skin back and it works. Excep...

Drama

Western

“Locke” and Loaded

ChillMoon

2 min read

A solo mercenary with the codename Locke is coming to deliver a contract. She is a cowboy-themed space mercenary who loves money and trouble. Onto the short story:

The rowdy bar is swarming with those eager for work. I, for one, never pass up a job when I see money. Where there’s money, there’s me, right there. I see my contractor sitting in the corner of the tavern, creepy bastard. I walk over,...

Western

Science fiction

Resting Spot

RichardTheTurt

2 min read

“Pretty beautiful, isn't it?” Harold’s canteen stopped at his lips. Caught off guard by the sudden conversation despite hours of silence.

“What did you say? You can't just talk to me out of nowhere now.” He grumbled, sitting up straighter.

“The sunset, Son.” Pa sighed. Rather he was taking it in or finally letting his annoyance show, Harold couldn't really tell from the back of his gleaming head...

Adventure

Western

The Silver File

Lisa Freeman

2 min read

The elevator doors opened with a soft chime that sounded far too cheerful for a place like this. Floor 57 was not labeled on the directory in the lobby, and no one but high-clearance operatives ever spoke about what went on above Floor 50. Elise Marlowe stepped out, heels clicking on the matte black tile, coat fluttering behind her like a shadow she no longer tried to outrun.

At the end of the ha...

YA fiction

Western

Too Much Peace

Alexander Kibble

1 min read

I ride my horse alone

In this desert

Wind blowing softly

Dust spreading all over from that wind

Cactuses just standing around everywhere

Tumbleweeds passing by

Looking at how much space there is

Looking at how little there actually is

I remember when I was younger

When I would ride here

With all my friends and their horses

Riding so wildly

Being so free

Out here where we would ride

From every ...

Poetry

Western